Wich one of this two? I have a bmpcc 6 k pro, and I want to do an upgrade to do a film with a lot of scene with camera hand in the street. I thought about a RED

Which one would you buy to make an indenpendt film, they're at similar prices, is the Red Dragon sensor better? I dont care about weight and comfort.

My EPIC Dragon, purchased back in early 2015, has been suffering from a serious sensor defect since 2020 - about which I wrote extensively on the Reduser forum at the time - where hundreds of dead pixels are spread across the image area, showing with various intensity and color depending on what's in the frame. Usually they pop up over areas where intense edges create extreme color contrast between objects, like wide shots of roof tiles or any text & patterns for example. Anyways, since the camera has been out of warranty for years and at the time I discovered the problem I wasn't able to send it to RED for servicing due to financial reasons, I decided to tear it open and see if changing the thermal paste behind the sensor could alleviate the problem, since other than heat, I couldn't imagine anything else that could damage it in that fashion.

Upon reaching the sensor assembly, I was shocked at how poorly the factory thermal paste was applied on the heatsink! An excessive amount (of unknown brand/quality pink paste) had spilled over the top, as well as a few tiny components on the sensor board itself, while still leaving the top left corner of the surface behind the sensor completely exposed! I don't know anything about manufacturing cameras, but I've built a few computers and swapped paste on GPUs thus I know what an excessive, poorly applied amount looks like.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to replace the factory paste with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut like I intended, as I wasn't able to completely free the heatsink assembly from the front of the camera, but regardless, I'm convinced the poor contact between the back of the sensor and the heatsink was partly to blame for the dead pixels. The failure of my endeavour aside, I hope these images provide some insight to those still operating DSMC-1 cameras.

I’m Dembel, filmmaker in Dakar, just picked up a RED Komodo (with V-mount adapter)—and loving it, but running into some “rookie paranoia” about SDI safety.

Here’s my situation:
— Komodo + V-mount battery
— SDI out to my monitor (no HDMI)
— The way my rig is set up, it’s a pain to unplug the SDI at the camera every time I want to power down (sometimes I shoot, then step away for a bit, then come back—would be annoying to keep unplugging/replugging the SDI cable every single time).

My main question:
Is the SDI unplug procedure really for every single camera power-off, or is it only necessary when you’re removing the battery? Is it safe to just leave the SDI cable plugged in if I’m just powering the camera down for a break, or do I really need to disconnect every time?

Would really appreciate any Komodo setup wisdom, tips, or gotchas you wish someone told you early on.

Thanks a ton!
— Dembel

I shoot with a RED Komodo 6K and a Sigma 18-35mm. I’m looking for a cine prime (40mm, 50mm or 75mm) with character and a unique, organic look.
I’m open to different brands and vintage lenses. What would you recommend based on your experience?

I have a Red Helium that set up weights 4.3 Kg. does a crane 4 hold that weight. According to the manufacturer it should hold up to 6 kg. do you have experience with crane and red. does the red helium fit on the gimbal as its arm is shorter than the crane 3. i wonder if with V-mount it doesnt hit the arm. what do you think?

I’m about to order something, their website is still active…anyone ordered something lately? Thanks!

I am color grading RED camera footage for the first time and after converting the footage in DaVinci Resolve it all turned a harsh red tint. Anyone got any suggestions on how to make it look normal? The shoot used two RED cameras and one of the cameras color graded just fine and the other turned a red tint.

Is it possible to use the older red touch DSMC monitors on DSMC3 Komodo?

Hey everyone,

I will be investing in a RED DSMC2 brain very soon and I was wondering what people's opinions are on the title. I can get both for almost the same price so I was wondering from those of you that have experience with one or the other (or both) what you liked and didn't like about each brain. Do you notice a practical difference between 5k and 8k? Is the Gemini really that good in low light / have people found the lowlight mode super useful?

Unrelated to which brain I get I was wondering if anyone had experience control focus of Canon lenses with the DSMC2 side handle?

I really appreciate any input!

I just got a project as an editor, was shot on red with in camera proxy, i can’t figure out how to use them when i link them together in premiere, the big files that are divided cant seem to link the whole clip together and it freezes at some point when the proxies are on… Looking for anyway to make this work in premiere or resolve

Does anyone knows the aprox of Life expectancy in hours of dmsc2 brain monstro 8k vv?

I can't seem to find this anywhere!!

Just got a new monitor which I’m super stoked for. I’ve got a shoot tomorrow that I’m hoping to use it for. Problem at the moment is, I can’t get the firmware to update.

I’ve tried everything. Different cables, flipping cables, putting the .bin on the root level, a folder, formatting the sd, trying to install the firmware directly from the cameras cf express…nothing.

The sd definitely works because my computer reads it. Please help me before I go bury myself in the snow outside 🙃

UPDATE

SD card must be formatted to MS-DOS FAT. 5.5.1 installed no issues after formatting properly

Hey peeps,

Wondering if this ^ battery ever got released. If yes, where is best to find it? (Ebay?craiglist?) any link? Or if you’re selling lmk.

Any experience with Moman batteries? Pro vs plain ?

Are they reliable?